International Francophonie Day was celebrated at
Teacher House. The event organized by French Institute in Georgia was opened by
Ambassador of the French Republic to Georgia Renaud Salins, Deputy Minister of
Education and Science Lia Gigauri and Director of Teachers’ Professional Development
Center Gia Mamulashvili.

A memorandum of cooperation was signed between the
Ministry of Education and Science of Georgia and The Ministry of Corrections of
Georgia. The Memorandum was signed by Ministers Tamar Sanikidze and Sozar
Subari.

Under the initiative of the Ministry of
Education and Science of Georgia, Ms. Jill Williams, inclusive education
specialist and professor at the University of Kennesaw, USA is visiting
Georgia. Ms. Jill Williams is conducting trainings for inclusive education
coordinators, special teachers and psychologists working in public schools.

A competition “Georgian Calligraphy” was organized by National Centre of Manuscripts with financial support of the Ministry of Education and Science of Georgia. The winners were awarded and an exhibition of works was held.

From
the beginning of the current year, under the initiative of the Ministry of
Education and Science of Georgia, one or more specialists (special teacher;
coordinator; psychologist) of inclusive education are employed in the schools
having pupils with special educational needs.

Deputy Minister of Education and Science Lia Gigauri and Gia Mamulashvili, Head of National Center for Teacher Professional Development congratulated a respected teacher of Public School 54 on March 8 and presented her gifts.

A meeting was held by Prime Minister of Georgia Irakli
Gharibashvili and Marie-Pierre Poirier, the UNICEF Regional Director for
Central and Eastern Europe and the CIS in order to discuss the progress
achieved in the implementation process of a joint action program.

Minister of
Education and Science of Georgia Tamar Sanikidze visited children suffering
from leukemia at Iashvili Central Hospital. Minister Sanikidze congratulated
their mothers with the Mother’s Day, expressed her support and wished them a
prompt recovery.

Deputy Minister of Education Lia Gigauri and Director of
Teachers Professional Development Center Gia Mamulashvili wished a happy
Mother’s day to a teacher form Public School 180 who is a mother of a large
family and presented gifts to her.

A presentation of “Teacher’s Book”, an
auxiliary textbook was held for teachers at Teacher House. Tamar
Sanikidze, Minister of Education and Science and Gia Mamulashvili, Head of
National Center for Teacher Professional Development introduced the textbook to
the guests.

A
new school is being built in village Abano, Kareli Municipality. Tamar
Sanikidze, Minister of Education, Davit Narmania, Minister of Regional
Development and Infrastructure and Paata Zakareishvili, Head of the
Office of the State Minister of Georgia for Reconciliation and
Civic Equality visited the site and met with the school representatives and the
builders.

Registration deadline for those who wish to pass examinations in the form of externat, was approved with the Order of Minister N170 of February 10, 2014. The period for registration starts on February 14, 2014 and ends on February 21, 2014. Period for examinations shall start on March 6, 2014 and last till March 21. 2014.

For the first time in Georgia, American
universities together with Georgian state universities will carry out
educational programs in engineering and natural sciences. Alumni shall receive
diploma of an American university.

A Memorandum of Cooperation was signed between LLC “Blood
Bank” at Iashvili Children’s Central Hospital and the Ministry of Education and
Science of Georgia. Within the framework of the abovementioned Minister of
Education Tamar Sanikidze and the Ministry staff donated blood for the
children (age: 0-8)suffering from leukemia and other severe pathologies.

MCA-Georgia held a presentation of the project
“Professional development of teachers and school principals and elaboration of
class evaluation system” with the support of the Ministry of Education and
Science of Georgia, The goal was to inform public, stakeholders,
educational institutions, international, non-governmental and donor
organizations on MCA-Georgia general... Read More

In response to the controversial statements
spread in the Media, the Ministry of Education and Science of Georgia would
like to clarify that the Compact worth of 140 million USD was signed between
the Government of Georgia and the USA MCC on the 26th of July.

Tamar Sanikidze, Minister of Education and Science of Georgia held a working meeting with the journalists within the framework of the project “Good Governance in Georgia”. The Minister spoke about the plans and strategic directions for 2014 and ongoing projects.

Competition “I am the Ombudsman” 2013 ended. Today, participants of the
competition were awarded at Tbilisi Marriott. Tamar Sanikidze, Minister
of Education and Science of Georgia, Ucha Nanuashvili, Ombudsman of
Georgia and Thomas Hemmerberg, Special Representative of the EU in
Georgia congratulated the finalists and awarded them.

Minister of Education and Science of Georgia, Deputy Ministers, representatives of the Ministry and the UNICEF held a meeting with the journalists. The conference was arranged as a part of the UNICEF- funded project “New Challenges and Plans in Education System”.

The first donors coordination meeting of 2014was organized by
the Ministry of Education and Science of Georgia and MCA-Georgia. The
meeting was leaded by Tamar Sanikidze, Minister of Education and Science of
Georgia.

MCC Georgia made a presentation of the study findings on “Obstacles for participation in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics educational programs and study of employment market demands” in cooperation with IPM-Research.

Debates were held on “Vocational Education and Trainings in Georgia” with the support of the Ministry of Education and Science. The event was organized by International School of Economics at Tbilisi State University (ISET) in cooperation with Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation.

An electronic portal www.students.eqe.ge for students’ mobility for spring semester of the academic year 2013-2014 was opened today, at 11 a.m. Students will be able to make their choice till February 13, 18:30 p.m.

A working meeting was organized by Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) and the UNDP. A dialogue on the implementation and development of agrarian educational and consultation services was conducted between the stakeholders.

Delegation of the Ministry of Education and Science of Armenia, headed by Minister Armen Ashotyan is visiting Georgia at the invitation of Tamar Sanikidze, Minister of Education and Science of Georgia.

Tamar Sanikidze, Minister of Education and Science of Georgia and Stephen Haykin, USAID Mission Director in Georgia signed a Memorandum of Cooperation. Innovative approaches to reading and Maths teaching for primary level grades shall be implemented within the framework of the Memorandum.

World Education Forum taking place since January 20 in London is over. Education leaders of the world and among them, the delegation of the Ministry of Education and Science of Georgia, had an opportunity to visit BETT Show at ExCel Centre.

A working meeting on the topic of inclusive vocational education was organized at vocational college “Spectri”. First Deputy Minister of Education and Science Ketevan Natriashvili, directors of vocational colleges, field experts, stakeholders and the organizations participated in the meeting.

The delegation of the Ministry of Education and Science of Georgia held a number of meetings in London as part of the World Education Forum. Tamar Sanikidze held individual meetings with Education Ministers of different countries, experts of science management and professors in the field of pedagogical education.

World Education Forum 2014 is taking place in London from January 20. The Forum is attended by 133 delegations among them, 101 ministers of education. Minister of Education and Science of Georgia and Deputy Minister Lia Gigauri are attending the Forum. The visit was arranged by the British Council.

Minister of Education and Science of Georgia
Tamar Sanikidze wished a Happy New Year to teachers and this time, from a
family of many children. Today, Minister of Education visited Lia Lomsadze, an
English language teacher of Tbilisi Public School №47 and Ketevan Kupreishvili,
a Maths teacher of Tbilisi Public School №195. They are mothers of many
children. Tamar Sanikidze wished them... Read More

Minister of Education and Science Tamar Sanikidze wished merry Christmas and a happy New Year to come to the pupils, their parents and teachers from №202 Public School, especially to the pupils with special educational needs and noted that the Ministry shall continue implementing important projects in future.

A
meeting was held at the Ministry of Education and Science of Georgia. Minister
of Education Tamar Sanikidze talked about accomplished projects and future
plans and summarized the activities carried out by the Ministry during 2013.

With the initiative of the Minister of Justice, Public Service Hall shall start issuing ID cards free of charge. Minister Tea Tsulukiani announced the initiative during the briefing at the Ministry of Justice.

Today, Minister of Education and Science of Georgia Tamar Sanikidze held a meeting with the students of Grigol Robakidze University. The meeting was conducted in the form of a lecture and dialogue with the initiative of the students from the Department of Journalism.

Education Management Information System of the Minister of Education and Science summed up the activities completed in 2013. First Deputy Minister of Education Ketevan Natriashvili attended the presentation.

Organization
of a common two-year master programme in three Georgian universities on
European Integration and Employment Relations, EIGER shall start within
Tempus/TASIS program. Iv. Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University,
Georgian-American University and Caucasus University are target
universities
from Georgia.

The
Ministry of Education and Science of Georgia is starting “Professional
Orientation and Career-planning Program”. The Program intended for senior
pupils of basic and secondary levels shall start from 2014.

A
well-known French sommelier Marie Bordie is teaching aspects of wine service to
the student of Kachreti Vocational College “Aisi” with the support of the
French Embassy, French Institute in Georgia and the company GVS.

The
Ministry of Education and Science shall finance studies of the aggrieved
students who live in nearby villages of the borderline. For this reason,
Minister of Education and Science Tamar Sanikidze raised a question on the
Government Session to pass amendments bill to the Law on Higher Education as
soon as possible.

Presentation was held on the Project “Comparative analysis of Georgian National Curriculum and Curricula of other Countries” implemented by National Curriculum Department of the Ministry of Education and Science of Georgia.

Giga Umekashvili, Head of Educational and Scientific Infrastructure Development Agency of the Ministry of Education and Science of Georgia made a presentation on construction of Public Schools in villages Akhali Dioknisi and Samgereti.

Minister of Educaiton and Science of Georgia Tamar Sanikidze, Minister of Education of AjaraTavamaishvili and Director of National Center for Teacher Professional Development Gia Mamulashvili opened a Teacher House in Batumi.

National
Center of Manuscripts issued a new album-catalogue of “The Knight in the
Panther’s Skin”. The album is dedicated to the 300th anniversary of
edition of a printed version of “The Knight in the Panther’s Skin.”

Interns of the Ministry of Education and Science of Georgia were
awarded with certificates. Students from various higher education institutions,
Master students and alumni passed four-month internship at the Ministry and its
agencies.

National Curriculum Development Department of the Ministry of Educaiton and Scinece of Georgia arranged a closing event of “Integration of Disaster Risk Reduction Component in Education” – a grant project financed by the UNICEF.

The EU-financed project “Quality Enhancement and Capacity-Building Programme in VET Sector of Georgia” has been running since 2012 with the initiative of National Center for Quality Enhancement of the Ministry of Education and Science of Georgia. Italian organization “IFOA” has been implementing the program.

Deputy Minister of Education and Science Tamaz Marsagishvili and Deputy State Minister on Diaspora Issues Mukhran Gulaghashvili visited Georgian schools in the villages Ititala, Aliabadi and Kakhingilo with compact settlements of Georgians in Kakhi, Zakatala and Belakani and handed over school textbooks and auxiliary teaching materials to the pupils.

Working
meeting of WorldSkills Georgia was held at Courtyard Marriot, organized by the
Ministry of Education and Science of Georgia, National Center for Educational
Quality Enhancement and German Society for International Cooperation.

For the first time in Georgia, the Ministry of Education and Science of Georgia starts IT audit pilot project. The project is organized by Harmonization Center of the Ministry of Finance and Deutsche
Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH.

Electronic document flow system –
eflow is functioning at the Ministry of Education and Science of Georgia. The
Program facilitates the flow of documents among legal entities of public law,
educational resource centers and public schools.

Today, Minister of Education and Science of Georgia Tamar Sanikidze held a meeting with students from Ilia State University. The meeting was organized within the Project “Independent Discussion” and with the initiative of the students.

In
order to provide the possibility of secondary enrollment for students, the
Ministry of Education and Science of Georgia announces the beginning of
registration process from November 14 to November 20.